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# Principal Data Engineer

- **Company:** National Health Service
- **Location:** Cowbridge, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £58,379 - £65,723
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Data Management
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/principal-data-engineer/55454947

## About the Role

Person Specification Essential Experience & Skills: Technical leadership & data platforms Essential Describe a programme, system or service where you led the design or modernisation of a data platform or data warehouse.

Essential Experience & Skills: Delivery, prioritisation & people leadership Essential Provide an example of when you led a team to deliver complex data or digital work under competing priorities or tight timescales.

Essential Experience & Skills: Stakeholder engagement, governance & judgement Essential Describe a situation where you had to balance technical, governance or regulatory requirements with stakeholder needs to deliver a data solution.

Desirable Experience & Skills: Technical leadership & data platforms Desirable Describe a project where you migrated a legacy data warehouse (and flows) from an on-Premise server to the cloud.

Person Specification
Essential Experience & Skills: Technical leadership & data platforms Essential Describe a programme, system or service where you led the design or modernisation of a data platform or data warehouse.

Essential Experience & Skills: Delivery, prioritisation & people leadership Essential Provide an example of when you led a team to deliver complex data or digital work under competing priorities or tight timescales.

Essential Experience & Skills: Stakeholder engagement, governance & judgement Essential Describe a situation where you had to balance technical, governance or regulatory requirements with stakeholder needs to deliver a data solution.

Desirable Experience & Skills: Technical leadership & data platforms Desirable Describe a project where you migrated a legacy data warehouse (and flows) from an on-Premise server to the cloud.

## Description

Job responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
There are two vacancies available: one permanent position and one fixed-term/secondment position for 12 months. The information below applies only to the fixed-term/secondment vacancy.
This post is offered on a fixed-term/secondment basis for 12 months until Nov 2027 to meet the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager before submitting your application.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must obtain approval from their line manager before submitting an expression of interest., Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .